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People group profile · PG050406

The Alehemir of Sudan

The Alehemir of Sudan, numbering about 2,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous Nuba Mountains community of Sudan who combine farming and livestock raising with social traditions rooted in kinship, local identity, and the cultural landscape of the Nuba highlands.

They are an indigenous people in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Sudanese Arabic.

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Fast facts

Country
Sudan
Population
2,200
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Nuba Mountains
Primary language
Sudanese Arabic (apd)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index ?
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Northern Africa, Africa
Location
South Kordofon state

Where they live

Gospel status

The Alehemir are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Alehemir

  • Pray that God would send workers to this people group
  • Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
  • Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

100% adherents

Primary language

Sudanese Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Sudanese Arabic

Gospel resources in Sudanese Arabic

  • Bible available, published 2022
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

  • JESUS (Arabic, Sudanese Spoken)
  • JESUS (Arabic, Sudanese Spoken)
  • Magdalena (Arabic, Sudanese Spoken)

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Alehemir

  1. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  2. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  3. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  4. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.

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